Laborious Beginning

Stricken with ever-cautious optimism, I'm going to float the thought that I'll really like working at TS. I reserve the right to change that float when I start traveling. You might even say I'm going to sink that thought once the hardcore traveling begins, as opposed to me sinking in the ocean. Which, of course, is extremely unlikely as the travel will be restricted to the continental United States. If I fall in the ocean, it will have to be for metaphorical reasons.

Right, working at TS. So far, I'm online training like a champ. Just call me "Little MAC Address." (groan....) The training is not the most exciting, but it's helping me get up to speed. Gotta walk before you can run, gotta run before you can fly, gotta fly before you can realize you've just written yourself into a corner and have to get more and more absurd before you can get out.

My contention that it's the little gestures that matter more than the big ones is confirmed here. Small things, nothing that impressive. My own office, my own whiteboard, my own computer, my own desk, free drinks, elevator access to the floor, my own bathroom key. You know, the little things. And yet, the cumulative effect adds up.

Then, the people. I have a feeling that it's going to take a long time to meet everyone, because everyone is on travel, and there's a strong possibility that I will not have even met everyone face-to-face for the duration of my tenure. However, without exception, the people here have been very nice, very chill. Some of them give me weird looks for not knowing how to program, and having a law degree, but I get that from everyone these days.

I think the most important thing is the relative freedom in arriving and departing. Though I've made an attempt to run in the mornings now, I can still attempt to keep alive the 0700-1600 schedule that has become a part of my "adult" life. This no doubt will annoy and frustrate those of you that believe I should stay up past 2000. To all of you that believe that, I thumb my nose and offer a friendly hug (but note the emphasis on the nose thumbing).